The Red Road
A Romance of Braddock’s Defeat
By Hugh Pendexter
THE 8TORY
W e b a to r B ro n d la s e rv in g as a
scout a n d apy f o r th e a rm y u n
d e r G e n e ra l B ra d d o c k p re p a rin g
fo r th e a d v a n c e on F o rt D u -
queane. H e haa Juat r e tu rn e d to
A le x a n d r ia fro m a v is it to the
f o r t, w h e re , posing aa a F r e n c h
m an , he has secured v a lu a b le I n
fo r m a tio n . B ra d d o c k , bred to E u
ro p e a n w a r f a r e , f a lls to re a lis e
th e
Im p o rta n c e o f th e
new s
B ro nd la sen t back to F o r t D u
quesne, a ls o b e a rin g a m essage
to
G e o rg e
C ro g h a n ,
E n g lis h
e m is s a ry
am o n g
th e
In d ia n a .
B ro nd Joins hla frie n d and f e l
lo w aco ut, R ound P a w , In d ia n
c h ie f, a n d th e y set o u t. On the
w a y »hey f a ll In w it h a ty p ic a l
back w o odsm an ,
B a ls a r C ro m lt,
w ho Joins them . T h e p a rty e n
c o u n te rs
a g ro u p o f a e ttle ra
th r e a te n in g a you n g g ir l, E la ie
D ln w o ld , w h om th e y accuse of
w itc h c r a ft. B ro nd saves h e r fro m
them T h e g i r l disa p p ea rs . W e b
s te r d e liv e rs
his m essage
to
C ro g h a n .
Young
C ol.
G eorge
W a s h in g to n rescues B ro nd fro m
b u lly in g E n g lis h sold iers.
He
w o rs ts a b u lly In a flg h t, and
finds E ls ie D ln w o ld .
B ro nd Is
sent on a s c o u tin g e x p e d itio n to
F o r t D u q e s n e , and finds a F re n c h
s c o u tin g p a rty b e s ie g in g an old
c ab in In w h ic h E ls ie has ta k e n
re fu g e . In th e e n s u in g flg h t she
escapes. B ro n d ta k e s bis w a y to
D uquesne.
CHAPTER V— Continued
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This sudden attack pent as half a
mile back from the river. We made
a wide circuit and I was still dis
gruntled nt my poor shooting when
the Onondaga picked up a poultice of
chewed sassafras leaves, such as In
dian and white man used for gunshot
wounds In an emergency. My spirits
rehounded, for we now knew my small
ball had scored. We saw nothing of
the fellow, however; nor did we be
lieve lie could be badly wounded.
We camped early that night above
Stewart s crossing, taking great care
to hide onr trail. The Onondaga killed
a turkey with his ax and this we
healed, rather tiian cooked, over a
tiny tire and ate It half raw.
Still keeping back from the river we
crossed Great Swamp creek the next
day and suffered much from tiny black
tiles that were as voracious as wolves
In February. Barely pausing to eat a
handful of parched corn and what was
left of the turkey, we left the dis
agreeable area and pushed on to Salt
lick, or Jacobs’ creek.
As Captain Jacobs’ town was eight
or nine miles back from the moutb of
this creek, we ventured to swing In
close lo the Voughlogeny so as to give
the place plenty of clearance. Hardy
had said the village was abandoned,
but savngea have a way of being
where you least expect them, and
Jacobs never had left his town be
epuse of fear. We covered thirty
mllea that day, and were very weary
when we inude camp and broiled some
atpall game over a sheltered Are.
r The Journey to Sewickley creek was
uneventful. No Indians, so far as we
could observe, hud passed up our side
o f the river. This was not as we had
wished, however, for If the scouting
party, which had dogged us while we
were under Hardy's protection, should
keep to the other side of the Youghlo
geny II would necessitate Its crossing
the river nt nr near Allnqulppa's town.
Therefore, we were much relieved, al
though Instantly put on our guard,
when we discovered the remains of a
recent camp a short distance below
the mouth of the Sewickley.
The number of fires, built since the
rainstorm. Indicated the passing of al
least fifty warriors. The trail led
north toward Turtle creek, and as
there were no signs of scouts being
thrown out on the flanks It was plain
the band feared no danger and were
avoiding Allaquippu’s town, and were
making a swift march to Duquesne.
We followed the trail for two miles,
to make sure no scouts were covering
the back-track, then cut hack to the
Sewickley and traveled upstream as
far as Thlcketty run. Changing our
course again, we made due west so as
to approach Allaqulppa's town as If
cotnlng from Duquesne.
It was late afternoon and growing
dark In the woods when Bound I'uw
Informed me;
"They can hear a gun now." After
more walking he announced, "They
can hear two whoops now."
But we did not make our camp until
he said:
"They can hear one whoop now."
go we halted In hailing distance ot
the town. Not caring to enter the v il
lage until positive none of the scout
lug party had swung hack to pay It a
visit, we turned In for the night
We were awake In good season but
took our time In breaking camp.
Bound Paw used his bow and arrows
to g<H)d advantage and we dined ex
cellently on small game. I burled the
fire and wulted while the ludlao
•touted to the adge of the woods and
recotinollered the village After some
time he stole hark to me «nd said no
French Indians were there, and but
very few of the Delaware«.
I told him lo announce our arrival
and he threw hnck his head to give »
loud halloo, demanded by Indian etl
queue so that residents could come
frem the village and lend the strangei
In I clapped a hand over his mouth
and he lowered his head and listened
It was very faint at flrrt. then hecatti*
mere audible—the thudding of swift
FARM
POULTRY
COCCIDIOSIS CAN
BE CONTROLLED
We retreated from the tra il and
ran north and crossed It and turned '
Drugs, no matter how Impressive
hack toward the village. While we
C opyright by H a r h P endextrA
halted to learn If the scene had been their labels, are of no value In con
W NU Bervlc«
witnessed by some early hunter, or trolling coccldiosis, chick disease that
If the man had regained his senses, Is fully as bad as It sounds.
The poultrymen who regularly
flying feet coming down the Duquesne we took time to examine Hie wampum. I
The strings consisted of white every spring lose chicks from this dis
path. The runner was making no at
tempt at secrecy. We moved closer beads, alternated with red. The belt ease might better put their faith In
was a more pretentious affair, being Inexpensive sanitation methods and
to the trail and waited.
the feeding of milk to control coccidlo-
Soon the runner came Into sight, a composed of black and red beads with sls, according to extension poultry
tall man with his hair reached like a a hatchet worked with white beads In specialists at the Ohio State univer
Huron. Ue was naked except for his the middle—a French war belt and
sity.
breechclout and carried no arms. But handsomely fashioned, and one a neo
Scientists at the University of Cali
he did carry that which was of poig tral tribe would feel honored In hav fornia tried these medicines to control
nant Interest to me, a heavy festoon lug presented even though II could coccldiosis: Hydrochloric acid, cate-
not be accepted.
of wampum about his neck.
As no alarm was sounded, we ad chy, a mixture of bichloride of mer
Round Raw whispered:
vanced
to the clearing surrounding cury and sulpho-carbolates, potassium
“ A carrier of belts. He comes un
the
cabins,
and the Onondaga hid the dichromate, powdered ipecac and bis
armed. They pay be brings French
wampum
at
the foot of a basswood muth suhnitrute. None of the drugs
belts to Allaqulppa.”
tree.
Then
liftin
g Ids volet lie sound was effective.
Colonel Washington’s warning that
"The disease can be controlled," the
I must Intercept any bloody or war- ed the call and when he finished I Ohio specialists say, "by sanitation
shouted
In
French
After
a
few
min
belts was fresh In my mind, and I
and by liberal feeding of milk. The
loosened my ax.
The Onondaga utes two men of middle age slowly milk helps by producing acidity In
came
to
meet
us,
and
one
of
them
grunted a disapproval and grasped my
the ceca and by stimulating rapid
greeted:
“ If you are tired from long walking growth. The mash recommended by
your mats are waiting for you. There the University of California Is this:
Forty pounds of dry skim milk. 10
Is meul In the kettle.”
“ Our legs were tired but now they pounds of wheat bran, 30 pounds of
feel strong after we have looked at yellow corn meal, 20 pounds of ground
the face of our brother," 1 answered oats or barley.
"Start feeding this mash as soon
In the LenlLenape tongue.
They made no response to this but as the presence of the diseuse is deter
turned and led the way to the village. mined. Keep the mash constantly be
1 counted twenty cabins made of small fore the chicks in hoppers. The es
trees, low and roofed with bark. Had sential thing Is to get sufficient milk
I been a Frenchman, I would have felt Into the chick and to keep the house
discouraged over our reception. The and surroundings absolutely clean.
"Sick chicks should Immediately be
•»«cnee of w arrloft was partly ex-
pliEhed fly those we saw through cab separated from healthy ones. Burn
In dbors sleeping off the effects of a the dead ones.”
debauch.
What was disturbing was the More Than One Culling
glimpse 1 caught of a white man.
Is Essential in Year
dressed as an Indian and wearing a
Culling hens is the process of re
tiny silver hatchet on a neck chain.
1 had met him before, and his pres moving front the flock the undesirable,
ence In the village made It Impossible the object being to increase the aver
for me to claim a recent departure age egg production of the flock and to
from DuquesDe. He was earnestly retain for breeding purposes those
talking to an aged Delaware, The In liens which possess superior qualities.
dian clutched a bottle of brandy In his While the term culling Is usually ap
plied to hens during their laying
hand while he listened.
After passing this cabin, our con period, successful poultrymen are con
ductors halted before an empty hut stantly employing a system of culling,
and Informed us It would be our Including the eggs selected for Incu
It Was Akin to Murder to Drop the quarters while In the village. They bation, the young stock at broiler size,
seemed to be In haste to leave us, the pullets just before they go Into
Fellow.
but when outside the door, one baited their winter laying quarters, and the
arm to wlthstraln me, for the office and said:
males used as breeders. The greatest
of a belt-carrier was almost sacred,
"Allaqulppa, the woman sachem, emphasis in the past has been placed
and whether his proffer of war belts w ill ask where you came from."
on the laying flock on the basis that
was nccepled or rejected he was eup-
“ Tell her a Frenchman and a the best producers In the past w ill
posed to have an open road In a rriv Caughuawauga Iroquois have come naturally be the best producers In the
ing and departing. I forced myself to
from a scout to Castleman’s river future.
think only one thought—the French and would rest before going on to
The first requirement for successful
men’s desire to win over Allaqulppa's Duquesne.”
culling Is the treatment of the flock
warriors and turn their hatchets
“ The path between Allaqulppa's vil prior to the culling process. Obvious
against the colonies.
lage and Duquesne Is beaten down ly good hens w ill appear as culls If
“ He must not take the belts to the very hard by French feet. The Lent- they have not received proper rations
village,” 1 whispered.
Lenape’s moccasins slip In traveling or care. The most expert w ill be help
” To k ill a carrier of belts w ill make over It. Our sachem says the path less In determining the relative value
your orenda weak and sick,” muttered Is old and worn out,” he replied.
of various hens unless the hens have
Round Paw.
"1 see a French brother Is here been fed satisfactory laying rations In
•’I f coming to us, yes. But be goes ahead of us,” 1 said. Ignoring his adequate amounts.
to the woman, Allaqulppa."
veiled hint that too many Frenchmen
The runner was now close to our were coming to the village to suit Egg-Laying Difficulty
position. He ran rapidly and showed Allaqulppa.
Is Very Easily Cured
no sign of fatigue although I sus
Ue sullenly replied: "He brings i
pected be had kept up the pace since much brandy, which Is bad. Ue brings
I t often happens that a hen has d if
leaving the French fort. It was akin a belt, which Is very bad."
ficulty In laying an egg—probably a
to murder to drop the fellow, but
So our coup on the red carrier of t particularly large double-yolked one.
there was much more than my per belts bad not stopped the war talk Such a bird Is easily detected. Not
snnnl feelings at slake. The delivery of the enemy from reaching the vil only Is she to be seen visiting the nest
of bloody hells must be prevented at lage. However, the Delaware’s open again and again without effect, but
nil cosip . Round Paw understood my disapproval of us spoke well for the she Is visibly 111 at ease, crouching
determination and whispered In my loyalty of the woman to the English. about with tall down and a generally
ear:
Requesting Round Paw to remain woe-hegone appearance. The quickest
"W a lt He w ill pass this bush. uear the but I departed to look up I way to relieve her Is to give her two
Without his belts he w ill be laughed the owner of the silver ax. and by a teaspoonfuls of castor oil (by means
n t He shall not see us.”
of a clean fountain-pen filler), and
bold course disarm suspicion.
He gently pushed me back and
When I halted In the doorway of Immediately after to pour Into the
moved to the side of the trail and bis cabin be glanced up with an ugly vent two teaspoonfuls of olive oil.
pulled out his ax. I let him have bis scowl, then was slightly perplexed for This w ill Inevitably result In the egg
way, glad to avoid the grewsome a moment. Before I could annoupce being passed within an hour or so.
duty, but kept my rifle ready to stop myself, he wag coming forwaro te
the fellow should my red companion greet me, and exclaiming:
Like Old Roosts
make a mess of I t Along came the
"Monsieur Beland, who was at onr
Pullets learn to like their roosts in
runner, and when opposite us and fort In the spring! My heart slugs, the colony houses and fru it trees.
within two feet of ns, he leaped high to behold you again. I have been In
A fter they have been housed for sev
and opened his moutb to sound the this cursed place two days, trying to
eral weeks the weather may be warm
guest-call. At the same moment the get aD audience with that old demon
and sunshiny, and there is a great
Onondaga slipped Into the trail behind Allaqulppa.
Welcome a thousand temptation to turn out the flock for a
him and clipped him with the flat of times. And let us drink If I can find
few more days of exercise on the
Ills ax over the head before he could a bottle these filthy ones have not
range. I f thia Is done, and the pul
utter a sound.
mouthed."
lets have any way of returning to
The man went down like one dead
“ Name of Joy I I am rejoiced to their old roost?, they are apt to leave
and before I could offer to give a see Monsieur Falest once more,” I
the laying bouse some evening, and
hand the Onondaga had yanked the genially cried.
It Is a most discouraging Job picking
wampum free and was pulling me
We embraced, and be waved me to 1 them from the trees.
deeper Into the forest.
The last a keg and requested that 1 take my i
glimpse I had of the belt-carrier re ease. Ills Indian companion rose, still ’
Com Is Important
vealed him sprawled out on his face, clutching the half-emptied bottle, and
his head twisted ridewlse and his staggered outdoors.
Good yellow corn Is very Important
mouth still open.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
in mash and scratch feed. Difficulties
exi>erienced with coarsely cracked
B # a *:: :: r. : : * 8 * a * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 # 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * a * 8 * 8 * a * 8 # » M i grains have caused some people to
not use It as much as would other
wise lie the case. When corn Is
Long O ration S p oiled E vening for Senator
cracked, It should be sifted and the
finer parts put Into the mash. The
A prominent man In public Ilf*—a the curtain-raiser was also a member remainder should then be used as
senator. It may lie said without fear of the upper house of congress—that scratch grain. I f fine parts of cracked
of emhurnislng him—was the principal he thought he would apeak only 20 grain are not fed tn the mash, It w ill
speaker nt a recent banquet More minutes longer. Time went on and not be eaten and w ill mold on the
than that—he was the victim of one of the speaker went on, and when It be
floors and other damp places.
those persons whose duty tt Is to came apparent that he would go on
speak as curtain-raiser to the main for some time longer, the gentlemen
attraction of the evening and who for of the press received another not« j
Sun Saps Pep
gets himself In his own flow of ora from the Important senator. It read: '
Exposure tn the sun turns white
tory.
"A ll prophecies are withdrawn.’— plumage yellow, bleaches yellow and
He went on and on aud the report
Philadelphia Record.
huff plumage, rob? black feathers of
era were getting rsctlesj and worried
their luster and turns them brown.
about making the final editions with
The sun which puts life Into chickens.
L aty Man’» Calendar
the principal speaker's Important talk
If given In continuous doses saps their
Some
of
the
people
think
there
Finally, the senator banded a reporter
pep and stunts their growth. Ducks
o message: "How long can you men ought to he a law requiring nve pay suffer even more. Poults w ilt. Wheth
wait?" He was glveD the time and days In every month except February, , er It be a shelter of branches or bur
then asked In a message how long the which Is too short. All they would do lap. or the living shade of bushes and
gentleman speaking was going to hold to February Is make St. Valentine's tree?, give the poultry a hiding place
the floor. He courteously replied— day and Groundhog day legal hoildu"« from the hot run during the summer
for It can agalu be safely said that —Woman's Home Compnulon.
season.
lllu itr a tio ru by
Irw in M yer»
erhe
LEGUME HAY IS
BEST FOR COWS
When the chemist analyzes a feed
he finds water, fat, ash, carbohy
drates, and protein which are useful
to the dairy cow In het feed ration
gays a circular, "Feeding Dairy Cows,"
by R. B. Becker, P. C. McGllllard, and
John W. Boher, of the Oklahoma A,
and M. college.
Proteins are needed for growth
They enter Into the composition of
muscle, bone, and body fluids, main
tain the body, are used In developing
the body o f the baby calf, and make
m ilk proteins.
Ash or mineral compounds, lime
phosphates, and common salt, are In
the blood and digestive Juices. They
maintain the skeleton, and especially
make the ash In the milk. Fata,
sugars, and starches are burned In
the body to provide heat and energy
or are used to build body fat, butter-
fat, and milk sugar.
Some crude fiber Is necessary to
give a limited -amount of bulk to the
feed, and to aid In digestion. How
ever, feeds that contain too large
amounts of crude fiber are usnally
not desirable In dairy rations under
average conditions, because more en
ergy Is used In digesting a pound of
crude fiber In the body than a cow
gets from this material after It Is di
gested, It continues.
Feeds commonly used for dairy cows
divide themselves naturally Into six
general classes, such ns legume hays,
grass hays, farm grains, and oil seed,
succulent feeds and pasture crops,
milling bf-products, and miscellaneous
feeds.
I f a cow Is to be given only a single
feed, she w ill thrive longer and pro
duce more milk and butterfat on a
legume hay alone than on any other
one thing. It is Impossible to even
have a cow survive for a long period
of time when fed straw or cottonseed
hulls alone, or on a ration consisting
solely of grains. Even alfalfa hay
Is too bulky to enable the cow to pro
duce a great amount of milk.
In general, roughages are the main
source of lime In the rations of milk
cows. Roughages are relatively high
In crude fiber and on this account
yield less total digestible nutrients
than do farm grains. Roughages as
a whole are low In phosphates which
are needed for bone, blood, and milk,
though legume hays contain more than
twice the amounts found In grass
hays.
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NURSES know, and doctors have
declared there’s nothing quite like
Bayer Aspirin for all sorts of aches
and pains, but be sure it is genuine
Bayer; that name must be on the
package, and on every tablet. Bayer
is genuine, and the word genuine—in
red—is on every box. You can't go
wrong if you w ill just look at the box:
Hay Strewn in Church
an Old Village Custom
A curious custom has been observed
from time Immemorial nt Old Weston,
Huntingdonshire, In England. The
church there Is dedicated to St. Swlth-
ln, nnd on the Sunday most nenrly ap
proaching St. Swlthln’s day the edi
fice is strewn with new-mown hay.
The tradition Is that an old lady
bequeathed a field for charitable pur
poses on condition that the tenant pro
vided the hay to lessen the annoyance
caused by the squeaking of the new
shoes worn by the villagers on Feast
Sunday. There are other explanations
—one that It Is an offering of the first
fruits of the harvest and nnother that
It Is a survival of the custom of strew
ing the church (when the floor was
only beaten earth) with rushes.—
Washington Star.
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For Galled Horses
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
Money back for first bottle if not suited. All dealer*.
Impossible
A motor bus stopped and the con
ductor looked up the steps expectant
ly. But no one descended, and at
length he run up Impatiently.
“ ‘Ere, you,” he said to a man on
the top "don’t you want the houses
of parliament?"
"Yes,” was the reply.
“ Well,” retorted the conductor,
“ come down for them. I can’t bring
them up to you I"—Weekly Scotsman.
Individual Feed Record
Will Determine Profit
Feeding, more than anything else,
determines the profit a cow makes.
The average cow Is fed carelessly. Too
often the farmer feeds the same
amount to each animal. A cow cannot
produce the greatest amount of milk
It Is possible fo r her to produce and
He Ought to Be H appy
do It profitably unless the amount of
“ When two people like the same
grain fed her Is enough to first meet : things their married life Is bound to
her bodily needs with enough extra be happy," sighed the romantic girl.
to make the highest yield of milk she
“ Well, you and Herbert ought to
Is capable of giving.
be happy,” remarked her friend, who
Increased profits of from 25 to 100 wanted'Herbert and didn’t get him. " I
per cent can be secured by any farmer know you love him, nnd I notice he Is
who w ill adopt the simple method of very fond of himself.” —Answers, Lon
feeding each of his cows according to don.
her Individual production. This means
weighing each cow's daily milk produc
Trace of Lost Colony
tion two successive days each month,
Two brass buckles anti a copper but
and then feeding each Individual cow
ton. believed to have been worn by
a pound of good grain feed each day
members of the John White colony,
for every two and one-half to three
which vanished without a trace, near
pounds of milk she produces, If she
Elizabeth City, N. C . In 1587, were
Is of the Jersey or Guernsey breed,
found In the sands of North Carolina
and a pound of grain for every three
and one-half to four pounds If she Is sound recently.
of the Holstein breed.
An Unfinished Story
Young Husband—Dear, our budget
shows a big deficit fo r last month.
Wife—That's fine! How shall ws
•pend It?
Feeding Good Cows Grain
as Pasture Is Insufficient
“ Grass alone la not enough,” de
clares A. J. Cramer, supervisor of Wis
consin Herd Improvement associa
tions, speaking In terms of summer
milk production In Wisconsin.
While a firm believer tn the fact
that It pays to feed grain to good
cows, whatever the pasture conditions
are, Cramer Insists that this season,
with pastures being unusually short,
■ many Wisconsin dairy cows w ill not
receive sufficient nutrients to maintain
milk production and body flesh, unless
their pasturage Is supplemented with
grain.
A ration containing about 50 to 75
per cent corn, oats, barley, or hominy
w ill help to maintain the physical con
dition of our cows, he says. Grass
alone w ill furnish milk, but bow long
w ill this heavy m ilk flow last, without
some grain feed to help keep It up,
and to bold some of that body weight
on our cows? be asks.
To the doubtful one, he suggests
trying grain feeding on one or two
cows to learn If it pays.
Those who only want fame that can
be turned Into money don't get the
best kind.
“WORTH WEIGHT
JNGOLD”
Verdict of Woman Who
T ried Pinkham's Compound
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Silage From Grains
It Is fast becoming common prac
tice to use small grains tn the mak
ing of silage. Any of the small grains
may be put into the silo alone or
J mixed with other cropsi Peas snd
oats form a popular mixture in cer
tain sections of the country. This
crop should be cut when the kernel Is
In the dough stage, also cut fine and
packed firm ly In the silo. Silage from
small grains Is usually Inferior to that
1 of corn silage, but superior to legume
j silage.
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Tully, N. Y.—“ I t hurt me to walk
or sit down without help and I felt
sick and weak.
My
mother-in-
law took Lydia
E. P in k h a m ’ s
Vegetable Com
pound and she
induced me to
take it. I am
now on the fourth
bottle and have
also used Lydia
E. P in kh a m 's
Sanative Wash.
The
medicines
that w ill do for me what the Vege
table Compound and Sanative Wash
have done are certainly worth their
weight in gold. I think I have given
them ft fair tria l and I expect to take
two more bottles of the Vegetable
Compound.” —Mas. C ii abies M ob -
can , R. F. D. I, Tully. N. Y.
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